Warning email from Amazon

[kns]

Sometime in early 2024, I used SF to download whatever the free trial allowed. 3 episodes I think? I ended up downloading a lot more using the now extinct competitor. No e-mail yet but if everyone gets them, guessing just a matter of time. Since I use a shared account for a place I maintain, going to have to hope it's just a warning and the account doesn't get canned. This situation a harsh reminder to use caution.

[theresay]

Captain Obvious says:"if you act like a pir8 they will probably figure out you're a pir8." Still works for me just fine. Normal users don't have multiple accounts, rent without actually watching, trial and cancel repeatedly, zero or low "watch hours," account hopping, rotating IP addresses in short timespan, anonymous payment methods, low or no store purchases, etc., etc.

There was someone who uses his account to purchase supplies for office regularly reported that his account got banned. It took him two emails and one phone call to get his account back, so, there is no pattern, or if there is one, no one has figured it out yet.

[0xFeedBeef]

My main account is in Canada. The gift card was for Amazon US.

So? Log in to .com with your Canadian account, buy a gift card in US$... I do that for hulu and vudu (my main account isn't a .com either)

[jpp72]

buy the gift card on your main account "for someone else" with your second account's email address, add the gift card code to your second account?

My main account is in Canada. The gift card was for Amazon US.

• Amazon.ca Gift Cards can only be used to purchase eligible goods and services on Amazon.ca and certain related sites as provided in the Amazon.ca Gift Card Terms and Conditions. To purchase a gift card for use on an Amazon website in another country, please visit: Amazon.com, Amazon.cn, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, Amazon.in, Amazon.it, Amazon.co.jp, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.es, or Amazon.com.au.

[0xFeedBeef]

Except I did none of these things and still got a warning. My "crime" was supposedly that I reached the 100 download limit more than 8 months ago on content I own. Still can't get over this. Why do they care for content I already own? I just want a secure copy of my stuff without relying on a freaking internet connection.

They don't care, chances are they had a pattern and they trawled logs for that pattern

[Brave New World]

I suspect that *everyone* with a current Amazon account who has ever used Streamfab (or similar) to download a video will eventually get one of these emails. Those who've not yet gotten this email can't credit more circumspect use of Streamfab but rather just luck that they haven't yet been sent the email. Most likely Amazon has a list of *all* accounts they suspect have used a downloader and they are working through that list. Maybe the list is sorted alphabetically by name or user ID, or when users first subscribed, or maybe it's a random sort .. only Amazon knows.

Reading this thread and similar ones elsewhere, some who have downloaded 100s of files every week have yet to get an email, whilst others have. Some who've just downloaded a few videos in total from Amzaon have gotten the email, others have not. Some with VPNs but also some without. Some who only download have gotten the emails (but not all), but also some who watch and download have gotten the emails (but again not all). Who has gotten the email and who hasn't appears to be completely random .. or depends on whatever criteria Amazon is using to sort the list of "offenders" to send the email to. if you use SF to download from Amazon and haven't gotten an email yet ... I suspect it's just a matter of time before they get around to sending you one.

[Elgin]

Captain Obvious says:"if you act like a pir8 they will probably figure out you're a pir8." Still works for me just fine. Normal users don't have multiple accounts, rent without actually watching, trial and cancel repeatedly, zero or low "watch hours," account hopping, rotating IP addresses in short timespan, anonymous payment methods, low or no store purchases, etc., etc.

Except I did none of these things and still got a warning. My "crime" was supposedly that I reached the 100 download limit more than 8 months ago on content I own. Still can't get over this. Why do they care for content I already own? I just want a secure copy of my stuff without relying on a freaking internet connection.

[paradox]

Post 122 is not about downloading with StreamFab. It's a different issue. His email refers to suspicious payment activity. I got that exact email myself about 1 year ago when i added my legit credit card to the fake account, loaded my Amazon Gift Card and then removed my credit card.

I had to take a picture of my card and email it to them and my account was restored.

Post 122 is about downloading with SF. (Me)

[0xFeedBeef]

Post 122 is not about downloading with StreamFab. It's a different issue. His email refers to suspicious payment activity. I got that exact email myself about 1 year ago when i added my legit credit card to the fake account, loaded my Amazon Gift Card and then removed my credit card.

I had to take a picture of my card and email it to them and my account was restored.

buy the gift card on your main account "for someone else" with your second account's email address, add the gift card code to your second account?

[DQ1]

Captain Obvious says:"if you act like a pir8 they will probably figure out you're a pir8." Still works for me just fine. Normal users don't have multiple accounts, rent without actually watching, trial and cancel repeatedly, zero or low "watch hours," account hopping, rotating IP addresses in short timespan, anonymous payment methods, low or no store purchases, etc., etc.

Normal users stream a title at streaming rates and not don't pull titles at the max speed their ISP allows. IE stream vs download. They know who you are too.

[0xFeedBeef]

This is the typical case that one encounters in business nowadays where a spotty nerd with no business acumen has an "a-ha" moment and torpedoes the business model:-


- most people watch the same stuff over and over again (so downloading it once actually saves on bandwidth in the long-term) while continuing to pay prime subscription regardless (plus channels);
- most of those who download, download for personal use, scene and torrents are, in most cases, vendor leaks (don't ask how I know, I know that for a fact);
- most of the stuff is available from torrents/file sharing sites at higher (4k/dovi) quality much cheaper (if not free);
- most of the other benefits of prime are actually useless now that there's way more online competition for the sale of physical goods than there was in 2000s (even BD series are cheaper with smaller vendors through eBay, for example)

Anyway, if I ever get that "warning." my prime video bill will go down to zero from about 300 bucks a year... Great business model, morons, carry on, Amazon I wonder what the real reason is for Bezos, Catz, and Dell dumping stock...

[Stan001]

Straight from Gemini AI...

As of July 26, 2025, the latest stable Chromium CEF release is 138.0.33+g276ed6d+chromium-138.0.7204.169, which is based on Chromium 138.0.7204.169.

You can often find the most up-to-date information on the CEF Automated Builds page (https://www.google.com/search?q=cef-...spotifycdn.com) and the CefSharp GitHub releases page.

We all know that's bad as streamfab 131.0.0.678.205 and Edge is at 138.0.3351.109 and Chrome is 138.0.7204.169

[jpp72]

see post 122 in this thread - https://forum.dvdfab.cn/forum/stream...m-amazon/page9

Post 122 is not about downloading with StreamFab. It's a different issue. His email refers to suspicious payment activity. I got that exact email myself about 1 year ago when i added my legit credit card to the fake account, loaded my Amazon Gift Card and then removed my credit card.

I had to take a picture of my card and email it to them and my account was restored.

[jpp72]

Its just frustrating that i cant stream directly the way i want for instance, i have an HTPC that i like to use with kodi and i have a preshow setup for movies, i cant use that as far as i know without having the file locally stored and in the library.

Been using Kodi since the OG Xbox days. Before it was called Kodi and before it was called XBMC.

This might be what you are looking for:

https://github.com/Sandmann79/xbmc/tree/master/plugin.video.amazon-test

Features

• access and edit Amazons Watchlist and Video Library (TLD)
• export Movies, TV Shows to Kodi Library (TLD)
• loads Covers and Fanart from TMDB/TVDB (TLD)
• additional age verification (TLD/PV, requires IS.A)
• H.265 video playback with Widevine L1 devices (TLD/PV, requires IS.A)

Only caveat is you need to run it off a certified Android device if you want HD/FHD

[simchris]

Captain Obvious says:"if you act like a pir8 they will probably figure out you're a pir8." Still works for me just fine. Normal users don't have multiple accounts, rent without actually watching, trial and cancel repeatedly, zero or low "watch hours," account hopping, rotating IP addresses in short timespan, anonymous payment methods, low or no store purchases, etc., etc.